Mangaluru,Nov 21,2022: The Karnataka police have exposed global terror plot in the Mangaluru autorikshaw blast case.
Karnataka ADG (Law and Order) Alok Kumar said Shariq, the injured passenger who was traveling in the ill-fated autorikshaw, was being handled by a handful of people belonging o terrorist groups including Mussavir Hussain and Arafat Ali.
Shariq was planning more blasts in coastal cities of Karnataka, Kumar said.
The accused was given to ISIS ideology and made bomb at his home. On September 19, he, along with two others, carried out a trial blast at Tunga River bank in Shivamogga.
The police have also filed a case against Shariq for impersonation.
Kumar said Shariq was in possession of Aadhar cards belonging to three persons.
During the raid, the police found explosive material from Shariq’s room in Mysuru.
He also said that Shariq had conducted a recce of the city to conduct blasts and had arrived in Mangaluru a week ago.
All the digital evidence is also being extracted by the FSL team, Kumar said.
